Member of Southern Media Photographing a Young Girl, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi

1968

Doris A. Derby

Associated Names
Doris A. Derby

Artist, American, 1939 - 2022

This is a photograph of a young person standing in front of a store window display, holding a camera. The image depicts a candid moment on a city street. The window display shows children's clothing with a large text sign indicating the name of the shop. The scene includes a camera in the foreground as well as surrounding architecture and pedestrians in the background, suggesting a lively urban environment. The tones of the photograph are in black and white with strong contrasts, capturing the texture and light of the scene effectively.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Knaus

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.7 × 21.9 cm (12 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35 × 28 cm (13 3/4 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.149.2

  • Copyright

    © Doris A. Derby

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Doris Derby, Atlanta, GA; David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, artist's signature stamped lower right in black ink: Doris A. Derby / —LIFETIME PRINT—; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 3/3

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